File case



v w. K. SPAULDING.

FILE CASE.

William Kfipaau'lgigg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM K. SPAULDING', OF'KETCHIKAN, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.

FILE CASE.

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Application filed November 25, 1918. Serial No. 2%,085.

To all to item it may concern Be it knownthat I, TVILLIIXM K. SPAULD- inc, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ketchikan, in the Territory of Alaska, have invented certain new and'useful Tmprovements in File Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a safe, and an object of the inventionis to provide a convenient, safe and economical safe or document retainer adapted. for home use, to be made entirely of pressed steel or analogous material, to preserve the contents against fire or mutilation or destruction by water or other destructive agents.

Another object of this invention is to construct a safe as specified in the shape and style of an ordinary library book, so that it may be filed ina book case or rack along with books, and give added protection, in as much as the same could be made to resemble the adjacent book in the book case or rack and could not be easily detected. It is also well known that ordinary fires will not destroy books, in that books in compact form do not readily burn, but may burn on the outside, scorch and later be ruined by water, however, the said sate being constructed of pressed steel and having water tight joints therein will protect its contents trom destruction, by water, moisture or other destructive agents while the adjacent books will prevent the charring of the contents of the safe which might be caused by the excessive heating of the safe.

More specifically the invention comprehends the provision of a safe as specified, which comprises an outer casing member adapted to telescopically receive a retaining pocket or member, the outer side of which is shaped to snugly lit the outer edge portion of the casing, and to coact therewith in assuming the shape of an ordinary book and also to provide means for locking said telescoping or sliding section within said casing.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification and in which drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved safe showing the inner section partially removed from the casing.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the safe, and

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectionthrough the safe.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates the shell or enclosing member of the improved safe, and this member is made of pressed steel or analogous ma terial and is shaped to resemble an ordinary library book. If it is so desired, the member may be bound or covered with any type of binding to agree with particular types of books, such as it might be bound in buckram, to agree with the universal binding of law bookswhen it is to be placedlin a book case or rack with such books, or it may be finished to resemble any desired type of binding without departing from the spirit of this invention. The said casing has its forward end open and adapted to receive therein the inserting member 2 which carries the documents, papers or other valuable articles. The insertion section 2 of the safe, like the receiving section 1 is formed of pressed steel or analogous material and its ends 3 and l extend above the upper edges of its sides 5 as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing. The inner end 3 or the inserting section 2 is slightly shorter than the outer end 4c and is adapted to enagainst the under surface of the top 6 of the receiving section 1 while the bottom of the said inserting section rides upon the inner surface of the bottom of the receiving section. The outer end i or the inserting section 2 has beads 7 on its edges to permit a gripping thereon by a persons fingers to remove the inserting section from the receivingscct-ion to permit access to the interior of the inserting section, and its end portions are adapted o engage the outer ends of the top and bottom 6 and 8 respectively of the receiving section, to limit the insertingmovement of the inserting section and hold the inner end thereof spaced from the inner surface of the back 9 of the receiving section. The back or inner end 3 of the inserting section 2 is provided with a locking bolt receiving opening 10 formed near its lower end which is adapted to receive the locking bolt 11 of a locking mechanism 12. The locking mechanism 12 is carried by the bottom 8 of the receiving section 1 and has its barrel opening out through the bottom 8 so as to permit the insertion of a key l3there into for operating the locking bolt 11 to permit the removal of the inserting section 2.

Changes in details may be made without I(:eparting from the spirit of this invention,

I claim:

1. A file case comprising a book-sha ed hollow body open at one longitudinal e ge, a slidable section for insertion into said hollow body through said open edge and having an arcuate shaped outer wall extending at opposite ends beyond the adjacent edges of its side walls and adapted to engage against the outer edges of the body when the slidable section is moved into the same, the longitudinal edges of said outer wall extending be ond said side walls for engage- -ment with t e outer edges of the sides of said body to form a stop and to provide a finger hold to remove the slidable section from the hollow body, and an invisible lock structure carried by said bod and adapted for engagement with said slidable section to lock the latterin the hollow body.

2. A file case comprising in combination,

a receiving section substantially rectangular in formation and provided with an opening therein, an inserting section adapted for reeiprocatory action within said opening, said inserting section including an inner end, said inserting section when closed in the receiving section having said inner end spaced from the back of said receiving sec tion to provide an enclosure, said inner end of the inserting section provided with an aperture adjacent the bottom of said inserting section, a lock structure including a bolt in said enclosure adjacent the bottom of said case file, and a key for regulating said lock structure adapted for insertion through an aperture in the bottom of said receiving section to operate said lock structure for throwing the bolt into the aperture in said 4 inserting section for locking the sections of the, file case together.

WILLIAM K. SPAULDING. 

